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The 6th Prague International Chess Festival takes place Mon 26th Feb (opening ceremony) to Thu 7th Mar 2024. There are two strong Round Robin tournaments. The Masters with Abdusattorov, Praggnanandhaa, Vidit, Gukesh, Keymer, Rapport, Maghsoodloo, Navara, Bartel and Thai Dai Van Nguyen. The Challengers isn't too shabby either with Korobov, L'Ami, Santos Latasa, Rodshtein etc. There are other events such as the Futures, Open, Rapids, Chess960 and many amateur groups too.

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6th Prague Masters 2024 Prague CZE (CZE), 26 ii-7 iii 2024															cat. XIX (2711)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	g	UZB	2744	*	0	1	1	½	½	1	1	1	½	6½	2873
2.	Praggnanandhaa, R	g	IND	2747	1	*	½	0	½	0	½	½	1	1	5	2749
3.	Nguyen, Thai Dai Van	g	CZE	2630	0	½	*	1	0	1	½	1	½	½	5	2762
4.	Maghsoodloo, Parham	g	IRI	2715	0	1	0	*	½	½	½	1	½	1	5	2753
5.	Gukesh, D	g	IND	2743	½	½	1	½	*	½	0	0	1	½	4½	2707
6.	Rapport, Richard	g	ROU	2717	½	1	0	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	4½	2710
7.	Navara, David	g	CZE	2667	0	½	½	½	1	½	*	½	½	½	4½	2715
8.	Bartel, Mateusz	g	POL	2660	0	½	0	0	1	½	½	*	½	½	3½	2636
9.	Keymer, Vincent	g	GER	2738	0	0	½	½	0	½	½	½	*	1	3½	2627
10.	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	g	IND	2747	½	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	0	*	3	2581

Round 1 (February 27, 2024)
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	- Nguyen, Thai Dai Van	1-0	41	E04	Catalan
Praggnanandhaa, R	- Keymer, Vincent	1-0	41	C50	Giuoco Piano
Gukesh, D	- Rapport, Richard	½-½	40	B67	Sicilian Rauzer
Bartel, Mateusz	- Maghsoodloo, Parham	0-1	34	B51	Sicilian Rossolimo
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	- Navara, David	½-½	89	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 2 (February 28, 2024)
Nguyen, Thai Dai Van	- Gukesh, D	0-1	52	A13	Reti Opening
Maghsoodloo, Parham	- Praggnanandhaa, R	1-0	38	A45	Trompowsky
Rapport, Richard	- Bartel, Mateusz	½-½	37	C55	Two Knights Defence
Navara, David	- Keymer, Vincent	½-½	37	C84	Ruy Lopez Centre Attack
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	- Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	½-½	35	C48	Four Knights Rubinstein
Round 3 (February 29, 2024)
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	- Navara, David	1-0	36	C53	Giuoco Piano
Praggnanandhaa, R	- Rapport, Richard	0-1	33	E71	King's Indian 5.h3
Gukesh, D	- Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	½-½	38	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Bartel, Mateusz	- Nguyen, Thai Dai Van	0-1	82	C50	Giuoco Piano
Keymer, Vincent	- Maghsoodloo, Parham	½-½	33	A05	Various
Round 4 (March 1, 2024)
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	- Gukesh, D	½-½	39	E10	Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Nguyen, Thai Dai Van	- Praggnanandhaa, R	½-½	40	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Rapport, Richard	- Keymer, Vincent	½-½	62	C69	Ruy Lopez Exchange
Navara, David	- Maghsoodloo, Parham	½-½	57	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	- Bartel, Mateusz	½-½	41	C45	Scotch Game
Round 5 (March 2, 2024)
Praggnanandhaa, R	- Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	1-0	52	A29	English Four Knights
Maghsoodloo, Parham	- Rapport, Richard	½-½	97	A21	English Opening
Gukesh, D	- Navara, David	0-1	61	A22	English Opening
Bartel, Mateusz	- Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	0-1	28	B35	Sicilian Defence
Keymer, Vincent	- Nguyen, Thai Dai Van	½-½	48	D40	Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Round 6 (March 4, 2024)
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	- Praggnanandhaa, R	0-1	56	C70	Ruy Lopez
Nguyen, Thai Dai Van	- Maghsoodloo, Parham	1-0	32	E36	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Gukesh, D	- Bartel, Mateusz	0-1	40	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Navara, David	- Rapport, Richard	½-½	47	E97	King's Indian Classical
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	- Keymer, Vincent	0-1	34	A29	English Four Knights
Round 7 (March 5, 2024)
Praggnanandhaa, R	- Gukesh, D	½-½	91	C50	Giuoco Piano
Maghsoodloo, Parham	- Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	1-0	32	A14	Reti Opening
Rapport, Richard	- Nguyen, Thai Dai Van	0-1	32	A07	Barcza System
Bartel, Mateusz	- Navara, David	½-½	57	B94	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Bg5
Keymer, Vincent	- Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	0-1	38	D20	QGA
Round 8 (March 6, 2024)
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	- Maghsoodloo, Parham	1-0	68	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Gukesh, D	- Keymer, Vincent	1-0	27	E21	Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3
Navara, David	- Nguyen, Thai Dai Van	½-½	36	D78	Gruenfeld 3.g3
Bartel, Mateusz	- Praggnanandhaa, R	½-½	30	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	- Rapport, Richard	½-½	30	E93	King's Indian Classical
Round 9 (March 7, 2024)
Praggnanandhaa, R	- Navara, David	½-½	59	A29	English Four Knights
Nguyen, Thai Dai Van	- Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	½-½	31	B31	Sicilian Rossolimo
Maghsoodloo, Parham	- Gukesh, D	½-½	63	E09	Catalan
Rapport, Richard	- Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	½-½	38	C42	Petroff's Defence
Keymer, Vincent	- Bartel, Mateusz	½-½	41	D37	QGD 5.Bf4

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6th Prague Challengers Prague CZE (CZE), 26 ii-7 iii 2024															cat. XII (2546)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Gurel, Ediz	m	TUR	2560	*	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	1	6½	2710
2.	Santos Latasa, Jaime	g	ESP	2612	½	*	½	½	1	1	½	½	½	1	6	2663
3.	L'Ami, Erwin	g	NED	2636	½	½	*	½	0	½	1	1	1	½	5½	2616
4.	Mishra, Abhimanyu	g	USA	2627	½	½	½	*	0	½	½	1	1	1	5½	2617
5.	Korobov, Anton	g	UKR	2666	0	0	1	1	*	0	½	1	½	1	5	2575
6.	Rodshtein, Maxim	g	ISR	2590	½	0	½	½	1	*	½	1	0	½	4½	2541
7.	Stalmach, Richard	m	CZE	2434	½	½	0	½	½	½	*	0	1	½	4	2515
8.	Vaishali, Rameshbabu	m	IND	2481	0	½	0	0	0	0	1	*	1	½	3	2428
9.	Hrbek, Stepan	m	CZE	2426	0	½	0	0	½	1	0	0	*	½	2½	2393
10.	Finek, Vaclav	m	CZE	2429	0	0	½	0	0	½	½	½	½	*	2½	2393

Round 1 (February 27, 2024)
Santos Latasa, Jaime	- Hrbek, Stepan	½-½	31	A07	Barcza System
Mishra, Abhimanyu	- Gurel, Ediz	½-½	42	D12	Slav Defence
Korobov, Anton	- Vaishali, Rameshbabu	1-0	29	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Rodshtein, Maxim	- L'Ami, Erwin	½-½	31	D78	Gruenfeld 3.g3
Finek, Vaclav	- Stalmach, Richard	½-½	48	E00	Catalan
Round 2 (February 28, 2024)
Gurel, Ediz	- Vaishali, Rameshbabu	1-0	28	B33	Sicilian Sveshnikov
L'Ami, Erwin	- Finek, Vaclav	½-½	48	C42	Petroff's Defence
Mishra, Abhimanyu	- Rodshtein, Maxim	½-½	40	E10	Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Stalmach, Richard	- Santos Latasa, Jaime	½-½	37	E10	Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Hrbek, Stepan	- Korobov, Anton	½-½	33	B48	Sicilian Paulsen
Round 3 (February 29, 2024)
Santos Latasa, Jaime	- L'Ami, Erwin	½-½	44	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Korobov, Anton	- Stalmach, Richard	½-½	26	C78	Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Rodshtein, Maxim	- Gurel, Ediz	½-½	50	D02	Queen's Pawn Game
Vaishali, Rameshbabu	- Hrbek, Stepan	1-0	42	C55	Two Knights Defence
Finek, Vaclav	- Mishra, Abhimanyu	0-1	62	D11	Slav Defence
Round 4 (March 1, 2024)
Gurel, Ediz	- Hrbek, Stepan	1-0	36	C69	Ruy Lopez Exchange
L'Ami, Erwin	- Korobov, Anton	0-1	37	E12	Queens Indian Petrosian
Mishra, Abhimanyu	- Santos Latasa, Jaime	½-½	38	C53	Giuoco Piano
Rodshtein, Maxim	- Finek, Vaclav	½-½	133	D11	Slav Defence
Stalmach, Richard	- Vaishali, Rameshbabu	0-1	34	E04	Catalan
Round 5 (March 2, 2024)
Santos Latasa, Jaime	- Rodshtein, Maxim	1-0	49	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Korobov, Anton	- Mishra, Abhimanyu	1-0	123	D11	Slav Defence
Vaishali, Rameshbabu	- L'Ami, Erwin	0-1	67	B13	Caro Kann Exchange
Hrbek, Stepan	- Stalmach, Richard	0-1	68	D35	QGD Exchange
Finek, Vaclav	- Gurel, Ediz	0-1	56	D11	Slav Defence
Round 6 (March 4, 2024)
Gurel, Ediz	- Stalmach, Richard	½-½	38	B92	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
L'Ami, Erwin	- Hrbek, Stepan	1-0	45	E10	Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Mishra, Abhimanyu	- Vaishali, Rameshbabu	1-0	105	B31	Sicilian Rossolimo
Rodshtein, Maxim	- Korobov, Anton	1-0	58	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Finek, Vaclav	- Santos Latasa, Jaime	0-1	57	E10	Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Round 7 (March 5, 2024)
Santos Latasa, Jaime	- Gurel, Ediz	½-½	28	A11	Reti Opening
Korobov, Anton	- Finek, Vaclav	1-0	81	A20	English Opening
Stalmach, Richard	- L'Ami, Erwin	0-1	57	A13	Reti Opening
Vaishali, Rameshbabu	- Rodshtein, Maxim	0-1	37	B23	Sicilian Closed
Hrbek, Stepan	- Mishra, Abhimanyu	0-1	17	B97	Sicilian Najdorf
Round 8 (March 6, 2024)
Gurel, Ediz	- L'Ami, Erwin	½-½	57	C69	Ruy Lopez Exchange
Santos Latasa, Jaime	- Korobov, Anton	1-0	50	C11	French Defence
Mishra, Abhimanyu	- Stalmach, Richard	½-½	24	B92	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Rodshtein, Maxim	- Hrbek, Stepan	0-1	67	C55	Two Knights Defence
Finek, Vaclav	- Vaishali, Rameshbabu	½-½	42	E00	Catalan
Round 9 (March 7, 2024)
L'Ami, Erwin	- Mishra, Abhimanyu	½-½	46	D10	Slav Defence
Korobov, Anton	- Gurel, Ediz	0-1	63	A03	Bird's Opening
Stalmach, Richard	- Rodshtein, Maxim	½-½	93	E06	Catalan
Vaishali, Rameshbabu	- Santos Latasa, Jaime	½-½	48	B23	Sicilian Closed
Hrbek, Stepan	- Finek, Vaclav	½-½	94	C43	Petroff's Defence

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6th Prague Futures Prague CZE Mon 26th Feb 2024 - Thu 7th Mar 2024 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	5	Aansh Nandan Nerurkar		IND	1786	8	0	31,25	4
2	9	Brzezina Pawel		POL	1914	6.5	0	27,00	5
3	2	Andre Tomas		SVK	1915	5	1	19,25	4
4	3	Jakubse Tamae Severina		CZE	1738	5	0	20.50	4
5	4	Markina Sofiia		CZE	1724	4	1	15,00	4
6	10	Siskou Evangelia		GRE	1745	4	0	13.50	5
7	8	Stara Zuzana		CZE	1678	3.5	0.5	14,25	5
8	6	Guntaka Aayansh R		USA	1767	3.5	0.5	13,00	5
9	1	Peglau Paul David		GER	1822	3	0	13.50	4
10	7	Mrozowski Nikodem		POL	1636	2.5	0	9,75	5
10 players

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Prague Int Open 2024 Prague CZE Mon 26th Feb 2024 - Thu 7th Mar 2024 Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	15	Barbosa, Evandro Amorim	GM	BRA	2491	3	4	5.5	5.50
	17	Stoyanov, Tsvetan	IM	BUL	2465	3	4	5.5	5.50
3	10	Popovic, Dusan	GM	SRB	2504	3	4	5.5	5.50
	14	Quintiliano, Renato R.	GM	BRA	2493	3	4	5.5	5.50
	20	Isik, Alparslan	IM	TUR	2452	3	4	5.5	5.50
6	19	Muthaiah, AL	IM	IND	2454	3	4	5	5,00
	27	Ilamparthi, A R	IM	IND	2414	3	4	5	5,00
	29	Xiang, Zeyu	IM	CHN	2407	3	4	5	5,00
	33	Harshavardhan, G B	IM	IND	2392	3	4	5	5,00
	57	Senthil, Maran K	FM	IND	2275	3	4	5	5,00
11	22	Harikrishnan.A.Ra,	IM	IND	2443	3	4	5	5,00
	26	Kalogeris, Ioannis	FM	GRE	2429	3	4	5	5,00
13	124	Valenta, Vit Vaclav	FM	CZE	2021	3	4	4	4,00
14	21	Zhao, Yuanhe	IM	CHN	2449	3	3.5	5	5,00
15	8	Bharath, Subramaniyam H	GM	IND	2515	3	3.5	5	5,00
	24	Neverov, Valeriy	GM	UKR	2438	3	3.5	5	5,00
17	5	Li, Di	GM	CHN	2563	3	3.5	4.5	4.50
18	34	Neuman, Petr	GM	CZE	2390	3	3.5	4.5	4.50
19	3	Bernadskiy, Vitaliy	GM	UKR	2572	2.5	4.5	6.5	5,25
20	9	Polak, Tomas	GM	CZE	2506	2.5	4.5	6	4,75
21	1	Safarli, Eltaj	GM	AZE	2614	2.5	4.5	6	4,75
	44	Jares, Michal	FM	CZE	2346	2.5	4.5	6	4,75
23	6	Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis	GM	GRE	2556	2.5	4.5	5.5	4,25
	42	Kusa, Jakub	FM	CZE	2348	2.5	4.5	5.5	4,25
25	7	Heberla, Bartlomiej	GM	POL	2552	2.5	4.5	5	3,75
26	50	Cieslak, Patryk	FM	POL	2300	2.5	4	5.5	4.50
27	13	Maksimovic, Bojan	IM	BIH	2497	2.5	4	5	3,75
	59	Kokoszczynski, Jan	FM	POL	2272	2.5	4	5	3,75
29	72	Chkhaidze, Nikoloz	FM	GEO	2209	2.5	4	5	3,75
	132	Shivika, Rohilla	WFM	IND	2003	2.5	4	5	3,75
31	64	Deveci, Huseyin Said	CM	TUR	2250	2.5	4	4.5	3,75
32	23	Kilic, Eray	IM	TUR	2439	2.5	4	4.5	3,25
33	32	Sofronie, Iulian	IM	ROU	2395	2.5	3.5	4.5	3,25
	35	Shagbazyan, Taron	FM	UKR	2388	2.5	3.5	4.5	3,25
35	38	Svanda, Ondrej	FM	CZE	2369	2.5	3.5	4.5	3,25
36	62	Klepek, Witold		POL	2262	2.5	3.5	4	3,00
37	25	Jarmula, Lukasz	GM	POL	2434	2.5	3	4.5	3,75
38	16	Csonka, Balazs	IM	HUN	2480	2.5	3	4.5	3,75
	28	Akash, G	GM	IND	2411	2.5	3	4.5	3,75
40	41	Lohia, Sohum	FM	ENG	2354	2.5	3	4	3,25
41	12	Kraus, Tomas	IM	CZE	2497	2.5	3	4	3,25
	48	Tan, Jun Ying	CM	MAS	2315	2.5	3	4	3,25
	56	Sorm, Daniel	FM	CZE	2280	2.5	3	4	3,25
44	2	Sethuraman, S.P.	GM	IND	2603	2	5	7	4,00
	47	Chinguun, Sumiya	FM	MGL	2319	2	5	7	4,00
46	60	Walek, Petr		CZE	2266	2	5	7	4,00
47	40	Abdilkhair, Abilmansur	FM	KAZ	2357	2	5	6.5	3.50
48	36	Ivanov, Mike	FM	CAN	2382	2	5	6.5	3.50
	54	Balabayeva, Xeniya	WIM	KAZ	2282	2	5	6.5	3.50
50	49	Babula, Vlastimil	FM	CZE	2312	2	5	6	3,00
267 players

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